Fletcher man faces rape charges

Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 8:37 a.m.

Last Modified: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 8:37 a.m.

A Fletcher man was arrested and charged Thursday night with second-degree rape. According to the arrest warrant, Kenneth Shawn Edney, 44, of Butler Bridge Road, “feloniously did carnally know and abuse” a woman who was “at the time mentally disabled and physically helpless.”

Edney was booked into the Henderson County Detention Center, where he is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

<p>A Fletcher man was arrested and charged Thursday night with second-degree rape. According to the arrest warrant, Kenneth Shawn Edney, 44, of Butler Bridge Road, “feloniously did carnally know and abuse” a woman who was “at the time mentally disabled and physically helpless.”</p><p>Edney was booked into the Henderson County Detention Center, where he is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.</p>